In the anime, people are in everyday Tokyo, but they are playing the reincarnation game

"I'm not too sure about Leader's situation, but as for me... Actually, 'The God of Strange Wisdom' wasn't a talent I awakened after entering the dungeon."

"Huh? What do you mean?"

Iwanaga Kotoko smiled and whispered something shocking that made Yuuki Asuna's face change.

"'The God of Strange Wisdom' is not just my unique talent, it's also my identity in the real world."

Before Asuna Yuuki could ask any questions, Kotoko Iwanaga took the initiative to tell her own experience.

She did disappear when she was eleven years old, but the perpetrators were not kidnappers who wanted a ransom, but a group of monsters. Because of this, the police could not find any clues.

The reason why the monsters took Iwanaga Kotoko away from her home was very simple. It was because most monsters were not very smart, so they needed a wise god who could help them, mediate various conflicts and disputes, resolve various incidents, and maintain the balance and order between monsters and human society.

The price of becoming the god of wisdom is to lose an eye and a leg.

It is important to emphasize that the monsters did not force Iwanaga Kotoko.

Paying the price of an eye and a leg to become a weird god of wisdom was Kotoko Iwanaga's own choice.

Since then, she has had the ability to "observe" monsters, and has been the god of wisdom of monsters and the princess of monsters until today.

"No, wait a minute..."

Yuuki Asuna looked incredulous and spoke cautiously.

"You mean... in the real world, there really are so-called monsters?"

"Yes, but you can rest assured."

Kotoko Iwanaga stood up, adjusted her skirt, put her white beret back on, and said with a smile.

"Most monsters don't harm humans, nor do they interfere with the normal operation of society. They just want to live in peace and quiet. Monsters are not allowed to appear in front of humans at will, so there is no need to worry."

037 Adolescent girls will not dream of abstract male protagonists

Yuuki Asuna didn't know what to say. Her entire worldview was overturned at this moment.

The fact that there are evil spirits in the dungeon is already horrifying enough.

Now Iwanaga Kotoko actually said that in the real world, there are also monsters, demons, spirits, and other strange things, but ordinary people can't see them?

Asuna Yuuki took a deep breath for a while before she adjusted herself.

She glanced at the time displayed on her mobile phone and felt that the temperature in the room was getting higher and higher, so she looked at Asagiri who was sitting there and asked.

"Leader, have you recovered?"

"It's no problem anymore."

"Then prepare to act. Two hours have already passed since we entered the dungeon. To avoid any delays and complications, we should quickly resolve the source of this strange phenomenon."

After hearing what Yuuki Asuna said, Iwanaga Kotoko took the initiative to speak.

"When I went to the fifth floor, I found the stairwell door was locked and wouldn't open. I tried to sense it, but there wasn't a single strange aura on that floor. If there really is a weapon in this hotel that can completely eliminate evil spirits, it must be on the fifth floor. I suggest that before we eliminate the source of the strangeness, we first go and get that weapon."

...........

After discussing the plan, Asagiri left the room with Yuuki Asuna and Iwanaga Kotoko.

Of course, the three of them did not forget the two players who had been infected with weirdness.

The man in a suit and the woman with heavy makeup led the way, while Yuuki Asuna, Asagiri, and Iwanaga Kotoko kept a distance of one floor around the corner of the stairs from the two people, ensuring that they could hear each other's voices at any time and would not be affected by the sudden expansion and explosion of the two players' bodies.

"Leader, can I ask you a favor?"

Hearing Iwanaga Kotoko's question, Asagiri replied with a smile.

"What's wrong, Necro?"

"I'm not very strong, and it's not easy for me to go down stairs, so..."

Kotoko Iwanaga smiled sweetly and said in a sweet and lovely tone.

"Can you please carry me?"

Upon hearing this, Asuna Yuuki frowned slightly, thinking that Iwanaga Kotoko's physical strength was indeed not very good, and because her left leg was a prosthetic, it was indeed not very convenient for her to go down the stairs. However, it was obvious that the real intention was not the real intention, but to take advantage of this opportunity to do something bad to Asagiri.

When she thought of the scene of Asagiri carrying Iwanaga Kotoko on her back, Asuna Yuuki felt uncomfortable, so she took the initiative to speak.

"I'll carry you."

"Eh? Violet, are you coming? But you're a girl. You can't compare to Leader in terms of physical strength, right? If carrying me affects your condition and something unexpected happens, it will be troublesome."

Faced with the reasons given by Kotoko Iwanaga, Asuna Yuuki was completely unable to refute them.

Although her profession is a combat-type swordsman and Asagiri's profession is an auxiliary-type diplomat, her physical fitness is far inferior to Asagiri's. It's not that Yuuki Asuna is weak, her physical fitness is outstanding among female high school students.

But Asagiri is a complete monster.

He already has athlete-level physical fitness and is a sports genius that only appears once in a century. After possessing the passive enhancement brought by Human Shura, his strength, speed, endurance, explosive power, etc. are almost approaching the ceiling level of humans.

"Well, Necro is right, I'll do it."

Hearing that Asagiri agreed to her request, Iwanaga Kotoko's smile couldn't help but become even brighter. Just as she was thinking about pretending to be shy, gently jumping onto Asagiri's back, then putting her cheek close to her neck, and pretending to shake from time to time, sticking close to her, and directly using this combination of skills, trying to conquer Asagiri before the end of this copy, she suddenly felt her body lighten.

"Eh? Eh hey hey..."

Asagiri picked up the petite Iwanaga Kotoko with one hand, then carried her on his shoulder as if he was carrying a bazooka, and waved his other hand in the air.

"Okay, let's go."

"Pfft."

Seeing Asagiri carrying Iwanaga Kotoko in this way, and seeing Iwanaga Kotoko's helpless look, Yuuki Asuna couldn't help laughing.

Haha, you want to take advantage of me?

Necro, you still don’t know how abstract our Leader is.

"Um...Leader, can you give me a princess carry?"

Hearing that Iwanaga Kotoko actually asked such a question, Yuuki Asuna couldn't help but be shocked.

This guy looks petite and cute, but I didn't expect... he's actually a carnivore?

Such a straight ball?

"No."

Asagiri shook his head and spoke in a secretive manner.

"I'm carrying you on my shoulders like this for a reason."

Kotoko Iwanaga, who was carried on his shoulders, and Asuna Yuuki beside her were both very curious.

"What reason?"

Asagiri explained seriously.

"Think about it, since Necro possesses such a unique talent, perhaps her physique is also quite special. Even without any external help, she can still cause fatal damage to the evil spirit."

Yuuki Asuna said with a hint of confusion.

"But...Necro's physical flaws and the negative effects of her talent mean she's not suited for direct combat."

"Yes, that's why..."

Asagiri smiled and spoke slowly.

"If I suddenly encounter an evil spirit later and I don't have time to summon my Persona, I can just throw Necro out and use her as a human cannon to catch the evil spirit off guard!"

Upon hearing this, Iwanaga Kotoko's expression became a little stiff and she spoke cautiously.

"Um...can you put me down...I suddenly feel that going down the stairs is not so difficult..."

...........

In the end, Asagiri did not put Iwanaga Kotoko down, but carried her and Yuuki Asuna to the corner of the stairwell between the sixth and fifth floors.

From this angle, the three of them could directly see the man in a suit and the woman with heavy makeup standing in front of the fire door.

The man in the suit stretched out his trembling hand and carefully grasped the door handle. Just as he was about to try to turn it, Iwanaga Kotoko frowned slightly, raised her cane and shouted.

"Wait a minute, don't open the door yet."

The man in the suit froze when he heard that, and cold sweat instantly dripped from his forehead.

"What's wrong? Is there something wrong?"

Hearing Yuuki Asuna's question, Iwanaga Kotoko looked directly at the fire door, and a look of vigilance appeared in her violet eyes.

"There seems to be a strange aura behind this door."

038 Strangeness in the Water

"A strange smell..."

Asagiri walked down the stairs, motioned the man in a suit and the heavily made-up woman standing there to move aside, then walked to the sturdy fire door, observing while asking Iwanaga Kotoko.

"Necro, when you came here before, didn't you notice a strange aura at the door?"

"No."

Iwanaga Kotoko shook her head and spoke in a calm tone.

"It's just that the fire door couldn't be opened. I didn't have the means to destroy such a heavy fire door. And at that time, I wasn't sure what was inside this floor, so I didn't act rashly."

"A strange aura suddenly appeared from behind the fire door that couldn't be opened..."

Asuna Yuuki walked to Asagiri, looked at the fire door in front of her, and said thoughtfully.

"Is it possible that the source of the strangeness in this hotel is intelligent? It knew we might come to this floor and enter the hotel corridor, so it deliberately arranged for the evil spirits to ambush us?"

Without waiting for Asagiri to reply, Yuuki Asuna shook her head and rejected the idea she had just put forward.

"No, that shouldn't be the case. The red-clothed female ghost we encountered earlier was a ground-bound spirit that couldn't leave her own floor. The evil spirits in this dungeon should all be ground-bound spirits that can't leave their own territory. Otherwise, there wouldn't be any need for a temperature increase. Wouldn't it be better to just let the evil spirits hunt the players? The source of the strangeness in this hotel must have some kind of limitation, but...it can also set an ambush for the players through some means, and from the information we know, the method it uses to do this is..."

Asuna Yuuki moved closer to the fire door connecting the stairwell and the hotel corridor, observing it carefully and muttering to herself.

"There's not even a crack where the wall meets the ground... I see..."

Having said that, Yuuki Asuna looked at Asagiri.

"Leader, I speculate that behind this fire door is water, covering an entire floor of the hotel corridor. The source of this hotel's weirdness can not only control evil spirits and spread weirdness through water, but can also manipulate the water contaminated by its weirdness to set ambushes for players, just like the bottled mineral water these two people drank. If we open the door directly, the water originally blocked by the fire door will instantly gush out. Even if we barely survive the pressure of the water, the water contaminated by that guy's weirdness will definitely enter our bodies."

The man in a suit beside him couldn't help but look skeptical when he heard this.

"Covering an entire hotel corridor with water? Is that really possible? It'll probably explode..."

"It is a strange phenomenon in itself and violates common sense. This is common sense."

Standing on the steps, Kotoko Iwanaga raised her cane, tapped the ground lightly, and spoke with a smile.

"But as long as we can find common sense in the weirdness, no matter how weird the phenomenon is, it can be solved."

Just as Iwanaga Kotoko finished saying this, she suddenly seemed to sense something, her violet eyes showed a look of vigilance, and she immediately spoke.

"Leader, Violet, be careful!"

The next second, the bodies of the man in the suit and the woman in heavy makeup suddenly expanded like water balloons, and their skin seemed to be about to burst and explode.

Asagiri seemed to have anticipated this. The moment Iwanaga Kotoko reminded her, she picked up Asuna Yuuki beside her, crossed several steps in an instant, and came to the corner above the stairs. She also picked up Kotoko Iwanaga with one hand and ran up the stairs.

"boom!!!"

A deafening explosion echoed in the stairwell, accompanied by the sound of fragments of flesh and blood hitting the walls.

When the bodies of the two players exploded, Asagiri had already brought Asuna Yuuki and Kotoko Iwanaga back to the sixth floor of the corresponding hotel, completely avoiding the blood and flesh splattered by the explosion and was not affected at all.

"Leader's speed is really fast."

Iwanaga Kotoko didn't seem to be flustered at all. After being put down by Asagiri, she straightened her clothes and hat and spoke with a smile.

"I see. It seems that the strange source can control the explosion of evil spirits or humans who drink water at any time. It didn't control it before. It may be that this method will deplete its power. It may also be that it wants to wait for us to let our guard down and then strike us. It may be both."

"Anyway..."